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LOFTY
Definition of LOFTY
adjective
High, tall, having great height or stature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOFTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOFTY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FLOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LOFTY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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